West Hollywood City To Host 'Coronavirus Business Roundtable' Virtual Discussion

West Hollywood CA

14 February, 2021

12:52 AM

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Press release from the City of West Hollywood: February 10, 2021The City of West Hollywood is taking extensive steps to support the community during this unprecedented time and it continues to engage and support businesses affected by COVID-19. On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. the City will host a 90-minute COVID-19 Business Roundtable virtual discussion, which will provide an informational presentation and discussion for businesses and will seek input in developing creative short-term solutions aimed at assisting businesses. As local businesses slowly reopen, the swift economic recovery and resiliency of West Hollywood businesses is a key priority for the City. Register online. The City of West Hollywood invites businesses to participate in a COVID-19 Business Survey to provide feedback about current business operations related to COVID-19. The survey, which will be open until Friday, February 12, 2021, will be used to help guide the Business Roundtable discussion. The survey is available at: https://wehocomms.typeform.com/to/IF9RWhmz. The City of West Hollywood is, additionally, providing assistance to small businesses with its COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program for businesses financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City has allocated $250,000 in general funds to create the program, which will assist eligible and qualified small businesses with $5,000 in funding to meet operating expenses and retain or hire staff. Read more here: https://www.weho.org/Home/Components/News/News/9666/23. The City of West Hollywood had developed a wide range of relief and recovery initiatives to support businesses in responding to hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic including expanded operations outdoors through the OUT Zone program, protecting commercial tenants from eviction through a Commercial Eviction Moratorium, and more. For more information, please visit www.weho.org/business. Business community members may subscribe to the City of West Hollywood's COVID-19 Business & Workforce weekly email newsletter by clicking here. This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author's own.